Examining the Relationship between Psychological and Functional Status after a Sports Musculoskeletal Injury

Author:

Parlakidis Konstantinos1,Krokos Dimitrios1ORCID,Sagredaki Maria-Louiza1,Kontopoulos Lazaros Alexandros1,Christakou Anna23ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Physiotherapy Department, School of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, 23100 Sparta, Greece

2. Laboratory Biomechanics, Physiotherapy Department, School of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, 23100 Sparta, Greece

3. Physiotherapy Department, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between re-injury worry, confidence, and attention and athletes’ functional status upon returning to sport after an injury. The sample consisted of 28 amateur-level male football players, aged 18 to 35 years, with a previous lower-limb injury. The athletes followed a physiotherapy rehabilitation program and completed three valid questionnaires examining re-injury worry, sport confidence, and attention returning to sport. The sample also performed three functional tests: (a) single-leg hop for distance, (b) side hop, and (c) the vertical jump. The results showed high correlations between the psychological factors between the functional tests. Physiotherapy duration was positively highly correlated with the time of absence from sport and severity of injury. The severity of the injury was also positively highly correlated with the time of absence from sport. The factors “Functional Attention” and “Distraction Attention” showed a positive and negative correlation with the single-leg hop for distance and the vertical jump, respectively. Athletes with a grade II severity injury showed greater attention compared to grade III severity injury. The increased level of re-injury worry was positively related to “Distraction Attention” and negatively related to the functional ability of the injured limb. The psychological readiness was partially related to the athletes’ functional status. The present study reports the importance of psychological readiness and its relationship with athletes’ functional status of returning to sport following a musculoskeletal sport injury.

Publisher

MDPI AG

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